In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

